Shelagh Manton wrote: > On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:23:47 +0100 > schoappied <schoappied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Shelagh Manton wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:58:20 +0100 >>> schoappied <schoappied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> schoappied wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Joe Hartley wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:54 +0100 >>>>>>>> schoappied <schoappied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> When I want to open qsynth on Ubuntu while jackctl is already >>>>>>>>> running I'll get these messages: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Turn off the setting in Qsynth that starts jack when Qsynth >>>>>>>> starts. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> i'm sorry but this setting is not available on >>>>>>> qsynth(fluidsynth) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> however it's something of the sort on qjackctl >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sure, you must have jack running _before_ you start qsynth. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> The error about connecting with jack is gone. >>>>>> >>>>>> But the one about not connecting to alsa_seq, no midi device >>>>>> stands still.... >>>>>> >>>>>> : Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will >>>>>> be available. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> do you have the alsa sequencer module loaded? >>>>> >>>>> try as root: >>>>> >>>>> modprobe snd-seq-midi >>>>> >>>>> and to make it permanent on every boot (on ubuntu): >>>>> >>>>> echo snd-seq-midi > /etc/modules >>>>> >>>>> byee >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Thanks for the replies. >>>> >>>> There is a problem with the midi stuff. I must say I don't >>>> understand close to nothing about this subject on linux, but it >>>> seems that there are some things which are disturbing eachother... >>>> >>>> This is my /etc/modules on Ubuntu: >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. >>>> # >>>> # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be >>>> loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are >>>> ignored. >>>> >>>> loop >>>> lp >>>> fuse >>>> >>>> snd-seq-midi >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> But I'll still get those messages... >>>> >>>> @Arda: >>>> >>>> service timidity stop (as root) is not working. Command service >>>> not found or something.... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> "service" is a redhat thang. Use /etc/init.d/timidity stop instead. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I also use noteedit and for that I need to load timidity. Is there >>>> a way to set up the midi in Ubuntu which works with all programs >>>> e.g. noteedit, rosegarden, qsynth etc. ?? >>>> >>>> >>> timidity has a jack option.. >>> >>> timidity -iA -Oj #-iA using Alsa and -Oj outputting to jackd >>> >>> This may make timidity play nice with all your jack toys. >>> >>> Shelagh >>> >>> >>>> My sister is a (semi) prof. musicians and she is using Finale >>>> 2007. I want to look if I can set her mind to linux..... But >>>> things should be preconfigured smoothly to accomplish this.... >>>> > > Have her look at this page. > > http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html > > Which is by someone who uses finale and tried lilypond. > >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dirk >>>> > > Dirk, I have had problems as I have an on-board soundcard and "another" > (which is too embarrassingly old to mention on this venerable list) and > I had to tell jack specifically to use hw:1 not the onboard card. > Do you have an extra sound-card confusing things? > > Has anyone asked you to try this command? > > lsmod | grep snd > > If you send the result to this list, someone might be able to help you. > > But I can tell you that it *is* possible to have jackd, timidity (using > jack output) qsynth and rosegarden running together as I've done it on > my box which runs ubuntu. > > Shelagh > > PS my /etc/modules file does not have snd-seq-midi listed. Go figure. > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-audio-user mailing list >>>> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> What is waste of time is this. Unbelievable that I can't make a >> simple synth to work... Very irritating. >> >> Thanks Shelagh for your reply, but I'll still get: >> >> >> *': Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will >> be available.' >> >> *LEt me explain again what I want. I want to work on Ubuntu with >> qjackctl > qsynth > rosegarden. I also want to work with other apps >> like noteedit, zynadd... etc. (qjackctl is running fine). * *- Please >> explain to me what AND why I've to load in my /etc/modules on Ubuntu. >> - What is snd-seq, snd-seq-midi? Should I load them both, what is the >> difference and should I use snd-seq or snd_seq? Should I also load >> timidity on my /etc/modules? >> - Can I use just one midi player (snd-seq or timidity) for all my >> programs eg noteedit, qsynth, qjackctl, rosegarden etc.? >> - Is there maybe something wrong with my audio/ midi configuration on >> Ubuntu? (I don't talk about midi hardware). >> - Are there specific things/ settings I should notice when I connect >> qsynth to qjackctl? >> - Is there another synth comparable with qsynth? >> >> It seems to me that the way audio is organized on linux is a little >> bit unorganized and complex... But maybe I'm in a bad period or so... >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Dirk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > > > As I said, only engine 1 is not working.... You can see that in the messages displayed by qsynth. ------------------------------------------- e@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_rtctimer 4384 1 snd_intel8x0 34844 1 snd_ac97_codec 100772 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 44928 0 snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 80644 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 4740 0 snd_seq_oss 33792 0 snd_seq_midi 9600 0 snd_rawmidi 25728 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 8576 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 54128 7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 24324 3 snd_rtctimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9228 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 55172 13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 9312 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ------------------------------------------------- qsynth messages: 13:38:55.455 Qsynth1: Creating audio driver (jack)... 13:38:55.581 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI router (alsa_seq)... 13:38:55.582 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI driver (alsa_seq)... *13:38:55.615 Qsynth1: Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will be available. JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ snd-seq fluidsynth: error: Error opening ALSA sequencer* 13:38:57.874 Qsynth1: Creating MIDI player... 13:38:57.874 Qsynth1: fluid_synth_program_reset() 13:38:57.892 Qsynth1: Synthesizer engine started. 13:38:57.894 Qsynth2: Creating synthesizer engine... 13:38:58.022 Qsynth2: Loading soundfont: "/home/japke/Muziek/Soundfonts/jRhodes3.sf2" (bank offset 0)... 13:39:01.347 Qsynth2: Creating audio driver (jack)... 13:39:01.468 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI router (alsa_seq)... 13:39:01.468 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI driver (alsa_seq)... 13:39:01.530 Qsynth2: Creating MIDI player... Dirk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
